| 100% | JIE | 3 | Author and dissident Yu ___, who came to the US in 2012 |
| 45% | STEN | 4 | Russian born actress Anna ___, brought to the US by Sam Goldwyn and who starred with Gary Cooper in "The Wedding Night" |
| 43% | MIKEKRZYZEWSKI | 14 | Duke University basketball coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 2008, 2012, and 2016: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PARKER | 6 | Fess —, actor who played the title role in US television series Daniel Boone and Mr Smith Goes to Washington |
| 42% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | US swimmer who came out of retirement in 2014 to swim at the Rio Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 42% | RAFA | 4 | Nadal who won both the French Open and the US Open in 2019, to fans |
| 41% | NIN | 3 | Who said "We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection" |
| 41% | BENCRENSHAH | 11 | US Masters Champion ('84 and '95) who's considered to be golf royalty in the middle east? |
| 39% | MATSWILANDER | 12 | Swedish tennis great who lost to 25-Across in the 1987 French Open and US Open (2 wds.) |
| 39% | OREGON | 6 | Home to the deepest lake and river gorge in the U.S. |
| 38% | ETHELRED | 8 | English king (978-1016) who came to the throne at the age of about 12 and had the unfortunate epithet of "the unready" |
| 38% | BOOWEEKLEY | 10 | US golfer who won the Verizon Heritage tournament in 2007 and 2008 |
| 38% | SCOTTHOCH | 9 | US golfer who won the Greater Milwaukee Open in 1995 and 1997 |
| 38% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 38% | OLSEN | 5 | Mary-Kate and Ashley ___, twin sisters who starred in the Christmas themed film "To Grandmother's House We Go" |
| 38% | WHITEKNIGHT | 11 | Person who comes to the rescue |
| 38% | HERO | 4 | One who comes to the rescue |
| 38% | HERO | 4 | Person who comes to the rescue |
| 38% | MUSK | 4 | Oxen the US Fish and Wildlife Service brought to Alaska's Nunivak Island in 1935 |
| 37% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 37% | ELS | 3 | Golfer Ernie who won the British Open in 2002 and 2012 |
| 37% | LIN | 3 | Knicks phenom Jeremy who was traded to the Rockets in 2012 |
| 37% | GRACEPALEY | 10 | Author and activist who wrote, “It is the poet’s responsibility to learn the truth from the powerless” |
| 37% | HERO | 4 | Valiant person who comes to the rescue |
| 37% | MICHAELSTIPE | 12 | Singer who came up with "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" in his sleep: 2 wds. |
| 37% | IVANKA | 6 | The Trump who wrote "The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life" |
| 37% | BOBBY | 5 | & 25A Golfer who won The Open Championship and US Open in 1930 |
| 37% | ERNIEELS | 8 | South African golfer who won The Open Championship in 2002 and 2012 |
| 37% | NHL | 3 | It first expanded to the US in 1924 |